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Dr. Jill Taylor, a Harvard-trained brain scientist who had a stroke at age 37, encourages people to find inner peace with whole brain living—in other words, understanding how our brain organizes our thoughts and feelings in order to become who we want to be.

In today's clip, Dr. Taylor focuses on what happens in the teenage brain as it changes. Yet this also seems applicable to us as moms, as our own brains and bodies face changes in midlife. The knowledge she shares might just help us approach ourselves and our kids with more grace, as we understand what's happening in our brains.

Show links:

• Watch the full clip
• Learn more at drjilltaylor.com
• Read Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life and My Stroke of Insight
• Episode 324: The Secret to Emotional Resilience: Transforming Anger Into Growth, featuring Dr. Joe Dispenza

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Chances are, you know what it feels like to carry the heaviness of grief. You know that grief is messy and non-linear, with no way around it. Yet in the midst of your colorless experience, the world around you is buzzing, bright and loud and completely ignorant of the hole inside you.

Today's roundtable guests are two women who understand what it means to hold space for the hard stuff, and they have made it their life's work to help people feel seen, supported, and less alone. They remind us that our grief matters, our struggle is real, and how important it is to find people to sit with you in it.

Katie Huey is a certified grief educator and coach who knows personally what grief can do to a life. She has a beautiful way to help people find words when they don't know what to say, and reminds us that grief doesn't have to be so isolating.

Abby Waychoff is an occupational therapist, yoga instructor, and the heart behind Mother Lover. She walks alongside women through pregnancy and postpartum, and she also creates space for those in the midst of grief.

Show links:

• Ashley: And/Both Podcast
• Katie Huey: 
• katiehuey.com
• Read Grief Cookies and Other Comforting Things: Finding Beauty in Life After Loss

As always, I'd love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

Today I'm opening up about the struggles I've faced recently and how they've forced me to pause and take much needed time for myself. I've been very quiet about it until now, and if I'm honest, rather hollow feeling, trying to find my footing. Sometimes we have so much noise in our own heads that we can't make sense of the day to day, until something breaks and we are forced to slow down. I share my own thoughts about this journey in the hopes that others will realize they are not alone, and that taking time off to heal is not a sign of weakness, but of strength.

Show links:

• Brene Brown's "The Midlife Unraveling"
• My Weary to Revived Course

As always, I'd love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

Today's episode goes behind the scenes with my roundtable cohost, Ashley Blackington, host of the And/Both podcast. Even though we live on opposite sides of the country and have never met in person, Ashley and I can dive into honest conversations and share truths that aren't often talked about. We chat about our own podcasts, motherhood, where we're heading next, and what's fueling these episodes. We believe that community, whether virtual or in-person, truly matters, and we hope to share that community with you, the listener, as well.

Show links:

• Ashley: And/Both Podcast
• Listen to our roundtables:
• Episode 334: Caregiving, Careers & the Cost of Being "Fine"
• Episode 336: From Lost to Found
• Episode 339: Burned Out? How to Redefine Success in Work and Motherhood
• Episode 341: The Emotional Cost of Doing It All

As always, I'd love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

Six years ago, I started recording this podcast in a cramped unused shower with my laptop propped on pillows in front of me—and I never imagined back then that PG-ish would still be here today. Despite the roller coaster ride of the last six years, I'm still here because of the real-life human connections the podcast has brought to my life, and the certainty that learning and growing will always matter.

Today I talk about why I started PG-ish and what I've learned over the last six years of the podcast, as well as how I've evolved over the last ten years of major life changes. Learning and growing alongside you and your kiddos has been such a joy and journey, and I look forward to continuing the ride with you!

Must-listen episodes:

• Episode 183: Rick Rigsby - How are you living today? 
• Episode 247: Alain de Botton - Becoming the hero of your life 
• Episode 210: Gordan Neufeld - Hold their heart to capture their mind
• Episode 248: Dr. Alia Crum - What you think you become 
• Episode 319: Susan David - Embracing emotional agility
• Episode 289: Brene Brown - Clear is kind
• Episode 290: Claudia Hammond - Permission to rest

As always, I'd love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

Today's roundtable with Ashley Blackington of the And/Both Podcast features two guests who are passionate about empowering women to slow down and live with intention in community with others.

Heather Chauvin is a coach, TedX speaker, and host of the Emotionally Uncomfortable Podcast, who turned a stage 4 cancer diagnosis into a mission to help ambitious, overwhelmed moms lead with clarity and courage at home and at work. Amri Kibbler, who also navigated her own cancer diagnosis, is a passionate advocate for women's health and well-being, as well as the former co-founder of Hey Mama, the leading networking community for moms in business. 

Our conversation is packed with wisdom on resilience, health, entrepreneurship, and what it means to live in alignment. We talk about creating boundaries, how to effectively manage your time and energy, and how to be bold enough to be the real version of yourself. Get ready to think about how to show up for the life you really want.

Show links:

• BetterHelp
• Ashley: And/Both Podcast
• Heather Chauvin: 
• heatherchauvin.com
• Read Dying to be a Good Mother
• Amri Kibbler:
• amrikibbler.com
• IG @amrikibbler

As always, I'd love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

We all know that with the rise of technology, our kids are growing up in a vastly different world than we did. Regardless of your house rules on phones and screen time, it's likely that every kid will be exposed to social media in some way, which has a worrisome amount of power over their view of themselves and the world. 

Dino Ambrosi, founder of Project Reboot, is on a mission to help the next generation build a better relationship with technology, in order to reclaim time and regain focus. He explains exactly how much of our precious lives are being traded away for screen time. While it's not necessarily realistic to ban screens altogether (for ourselves or our kids), it is crucial that we teach our kids how to use technology with intention, because how we spend our time shapes who we become.

Sponsors and discounts:

• Organifi
• Weary To Revived Course

Show links:

• Watch the full clip
• Learn more at projectreboot.school
• Listen to Episode 318. Reclaim Your Time, featuring Cassie Holmes

As always, I'd love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

We're back with another roundtable, and this week Ashley and I get to chat with two powerhouse guests. Alison Campbell is a former HR tech exec, and now is the founder of unBurnt, a company redefining how we prevent burnout. Dr. Sheryl Ziegler is a clinical psychologist and author of the books Mommy Burnout and The Crucial Years. These two women are on a mission to rewire how we think about stress, success, self-worth, and how we raise the next generation.

Our conversation dives deep into what burnout really feels like, why many of us miss the signs of it, the systems that perpetuate it, how to heal your nervous system, and what it takes to raise burnout-resistant kids. This is a must-listen for anyone tired of just pushing through.

Show links:

• Ashley: And/Both Podcast
• Alison Campbell: unBurnt
• Dr. Sheryl Ziegler: drsherylziegler.com
• Read The Crucial Years: The Essential Guide to Mental Health and Modern Puberty in Middle Childhood (Ages 6-12)
• Read Mommy Burnout: How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process

As always, I'd love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

Becky Schmooke is a mom, speaker, author, and leadership coach who blends mindfulness, stoic philosophy, and a whole lot of humor to help us lead others well by first leading ourselves. Her work empowers others to live with intentionality, rather than reactivity. 

Today's conversation dives into what real leadership looks like, how to turn obstacles into opportunities, and how to practice the kind of presence that creates change. Leadership isn't about a title—it's about the small choices we make every day to learn, grow, and help those around us.

Connect with Becky:

• beckyschmooke.com
• Read Choose the Handle That Holds: A Guide to Living, Leading and Owning the Moments That Matter

As always, I'd love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.